i.e. The half part of Gilead, as appears from Deuteronomy 3:12,13. See Poole on "Numbers 32:40". Unto Machir, i.e. unto the children of Machir son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead.
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Deuteronomy 3:15
15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.